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Sarah Lewis has a massive tattoo on her back. It's not that she doesn't like it, it's just that she doesn't want it to be there anymore. She is undergoing laser treatment every two weeks for the
next year to remove it. She says "I don't mind the physical pain, it's the psychological pain of listening to my mother say 'I told you so' that worries me the most".

Sarah Lewis has a massive tattoo on her back. It's not that she doesn't like it, it's just that she doesn't want it to be there anymore. She is undergoing laser treatment every two weeks for the
next year to remove it. She says "I don't mind the physical pain, it's the psychological pain of listening to my mother say 'I told you so' that worries me the most".

Latest articles from Sarah Lewis

Nature is dynamic

Nature is dynamic
Sowing seeds dependent on lunar cycles and burying cow horns to improve the soil – is biodynamics the ultimate in ecological agriculture, or just a bit far out? Sarah Lewis investigates.

Creative director of The Green Centre, Mel Rees (left), with volunteers Georgy Edgson (centre) and Mary McGregor in the centre’s garden. Photo: Liz Finlayson

Hive of eco activity
A new eco community centre looks set to offer a focal point for green activity in the city. Sarah Lewis visits The Green Centre.

Stop it and tidy up

Stop it and tidy up
The summer spirit has truly hit Brighton and we are all flocking to enjoy the beach – and then leave it a tip for everyone else. Sarah Lewis looks into the seafront litter problem.

Artwork by Caroline Saul composed from recycled plastic

A new lease on life

One person’s rubbish is another’s treasure, as Sarah Lewis finds out when she talks to two recycling artists in Sussex

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Dr Christopher Grüter, of the University Of Sussex bee LASI research team, inspecting one of the lab’s honey bee hives

It’s a bug’s life
At the opening of a new laboratory for the study of bees and other social insects, Sarah Lewis finds out if everything would be better with the insects in charge

A design for life

A design for life
With Green Architecture Day just around the corner and increasing numbers of people building their own super-environmentally-friendly houses, Sarah Lewis talks self-build eco-homes.

Keep on trucking

Keep on trucking

Sustainable transport is one of the most taxing problems in an increasingly environmentally-conscious world, but the technology is moving forward. Sarah Lewis takes a pootle round the city in a new electric van from Worthing’s Eco Garage.

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Power in your hands

Power in your hands

Hold on to your hats, it’s a thrilling month of grass root empowerment designed to claw back the people power in our rapidly failing political system! Sarah Lewis learns about double democracy month, and gets to grips with the Sustainable Communities Act.

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Lights off across the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco to mark Earth Hour last year. Photo by John Storey.

Light in a dark hour
The bright lights of Brighton and Hove will turn off for an hour this evening, but why? Sarah Lewis discovers Earth Hour, and learns why tonight, a billion people across the world will be flicking off the switches.

Bryn leading a course outside the Earthship at Stanmer Organics, Brighton

A paradise found

Permaculture has firmly taken its place in the environmental scene as the Right Thing To Do, but what actually is it? Sarah Lewis heads for the Earthship and takes a course with the Brighton Permaculture Trust.

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